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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A nest of three Whimbrel eggs |
| Image notes: |
Whimbrel nests are better furnished than the nest of its cousin the Curlew. |
| Species in Image: |
Whimbrel |
| Date: |
1967 |
| Area: |
Fetlar |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00849 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Whimbrel |
| Latin Name |
Numenius phaeopus |
| Shetland Name |
Peerie Whaap |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Scolopacidae |
| Common Family Name |
Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes |
| Description |
Fairly common breeding bird and passage migrant. Highest numbers are from May to August. Whimbrels like the short stunted vegetation of the dryer hills for nesting, the four pointed egg laid in a mere scrape. |
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